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The Geneva Grand Prix 2017
July 15, 2017
Round Nine
A kibitzer in the chat-room sportscasting the top game:
Ladies and Gentlemen! We are now following Nepo-Radja, and OMG can you believe it? Nepo sac’ed a knight for 2 central pawns and pawn advances are flooding in the position now. But keep your pants on, it’s not beach time yet. Radja sets up a blockade, ruining it for everyone..Move aside, trump, we’re having our own climate change on these 64 squares.
A draw in that game ensured that Radjabov would win the tournament and Nepo would share second.
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Svidler interviewed by Goran Urosevic
Goran, born in Serbia in 1978, is the vice president and chief editor of the chessdom web site. I had not seen him before this tournament and mistook him for Peter Doggers. He has an FIDE rating of 2267 and is a chess journalist, organizer and arbiter.
Peter – I spoke to Maxim (Matlakov) yesterday on Skype and asked if he could help me and I asked if he could play instead of me and he said no, that isn’t go and work. Then he said look at my game against Shimanov in Minsk, which he didn’t win but was very interesting. Playing it, I got ahead in time, which was an advantage for me. I don’t know what I would have done without that Skype conversation. I haven’t played so badly in a while, I was lost or worse against Shakh and Li Chao. I should have finished with a serious minus. Playing so many games this year at my age is not such a great idea.
Goran - You said you are receiving more invitations this year than others.
Peter -There are more, I don’t know why. In the Sinquefield Cup last year, the invitation came so late that I was jet-lagged out of my mind coming from Biel. I played like a zombie. I am grateful to the Sinquefield organizers for a return invitation.
Goran - Teimour talked about his time management the other day and how he is improving on it. How is it for you?
Peter - I almost never manage my time well. I normally spend half an hour on the first ten moves even if I know the opening. Today I was way ahead. Time management is a huge part of the modern game. You have to create a system where you are not in time trouble in every game.
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The Matlakov-Shimanov game was in the European Individual Chess Championship (2017) at Minsk – Round 8 and can be found at:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1877580
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Round Nine Results
1. Nepomniachtchi-Radjabov 0.5-0.5
2. Giri-Grischuk 0.5-0.5
3. Mamedyarov-Li Chao 0.5-0.5
4. Riazantsev-Adams 0.5-0.5
5. Harikrishna-Jakovenko 0.5-0.5
6. Inarkiev-Gelfand 0.5-0.5
7. Svidler-Hou Yifan 1-0
8. Eljanov-Rapport 0.5-0.5
9. Aronian-Salem 1-0
Standings after Round Nine
1 Radjabov 6.0
2-3 Grischuk, Nepo 5.5
4-10 Mamedyarov, Giri, Svidler, Harikrishna, Adams, Chao, Riazantsev 5.0
11-14 Aronian, Eljanov, Gelfand, Jakovenko 4.5
15 Inarkiev 4.0
16-17 Rapport, Yifan 2.5
18 Salem 2.0
Games from Round Nine
Round 9, July 15, 2017
Nepomniachtchi, Ian – Radjabov, Teimour
C50 Giuoco Piano
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 a6 7.a4 O-O 8.h3 h6 9.Re1 Ba7 10.Nbd2 Ne7 11.d4 Ng6 12.Bf1 Re8 13.Qc2 Nh7 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Nc4 Qf6 16.Ne3 Ne7 17.Ng4 Bxg4 18.hxg4 Ng6 19.Bc4 Rad8 20.a5 Nf4 21.Nh2 Rd7 22.Be3 Bxe3 23.fxe3 Ne6 24.Rf1 Qe7 25.b4 Nhg5 26.Nf3 Nxf3+ 27.gxf3 Qg5 28.Rae1 Red8 29.Qh2 Rd2 30.Re2 Rd1 31.Bd5 Rxf1+ 32.Kxf1 c6 33.Bxe6 Rd1+ 34.Kf2 fxe6 35.Qh5 Qxh5 36.gxh5 Kf7 37.Rb2 Rc1 38.Rd2 Ke7 39.Rd3 Rh1 40.Kg2 Rxh5 41.c4 Rg5+ 42.Kh2 Rh5+ 43.Kg2 Rg5+ 44.Kh2 h5 45.b5 h4 46.Kh3 Rg3+ 47.Kxh4 Rxf3 48.bxa6 bxa6 49.c5 Rf1 50.Rd6 Ra1 51.Rxc6 Rxa5 52.Kg5 Kd7 53.Rd6+ Ke7 54.Rc6 Kd7 55.Rd6+ Ke7 56.Rc6 1/2-1/2
Round 9, July 15, 2017
Giri, Anish – Grischuk, Alexander
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bf5 5.c4 e6 6.Qb3 Qb6 7.d3 Nbd7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Qc2 Qc5 10.Qa4 Qb4 11.Qd1 Be7 12.a3 Qb6 13.Nc3 Bg4 14.b4 O-O 15.Be3 Qd8 16.Nd4 Re8 17.h3 Bh5 18.g4 Bg6 19.Qd2 a5 20.Rab1 axb4 21.axb4 h6 22.f4 Bd6 23.f5 Bh7 24.Bf4 Ne5 25.Kh1 Qe7 26.Nc2 Kh8 27.b5 Rad8 28.bxc6 bxc6 29.Qe1 d4 30.Nxd4 Nxd3 31.exd3 Qxe1 32.Rbxe1 Rxe1 33.Rxe1 Bxf4 34.Nce2 c5 35.Nxf4 Rxd4 36.Rf1 Bg8 37.Kh2 Kh7 38.Rf3 Nd7 39.Kg3 Ne5 40.Re3 f6 41.Be4 Bf7 42.h4 Kg8 43.Re1 c4 44.dxc4 1/2-1/2
Round 9, July 15, 2017
Svidler, Peter – Yifan, Hou
D35 QGD, Exchange variation
1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Rb1 Be7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Bc4 Nc6 10.O-O b6 11.d5 Na5 12.Bd3 c4 13.Bc2 exd5 14.exd5 Bb7 15.Re1 Bf6 16.d6 Re8 17.Rxe8+ Qxe8 18.Bf4 Rd8 19.Bf5 g6 20.d7 Qf8 21.Bh3 Be4 22.Rc1 Qc5 23.Qe2 Bf5 24.Rd1 Bxh3 25.gxh3 Kg7 26.Rd6 Bxc3 27.Ng5 Qf5 28.Qe7 h6 29.Ne6+ Kh7 30.Nxd8 Qxf4 31.Nxf7 1-0
Round 9, July 15, 2017
Aronian, Levon – Salem, Saleh
E97 King’s Indian, Orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov variation
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Bd2 Nd7 10.Rc1 h6 11.Ne1 f5 12.Nd3 fxe4 13.Nxe4 Nf5 14.f3 Nf6 15.Ndf2 Nd4 16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.Bd3 Bf5 18.Ne4 Qe7 19.Be3 Rae8 20.Qd2 Rf7 21.Rce1 Qf8 22.Bxd4 exd4 23.Ng3 Rxe1 24.Rxe1 Bxd3 25.Qxd3 Re7 26.Rxe7 Qxe7 27.Ne2 c6 28.dxc6 bxc6 29.b3 Kf7 30.g3 Qe3+ 31.Qxe3 dxe3 32.Nf4 h5 33.Kf1 Bh6 34.Nd3 Ke6 35.Nb4 Kd7 36.Ke2 a5 37.Nc2 Ke6 38.Nd4+ Kd7 39.f4 Bg7 40.Kxe3 d5 41.cxd5 cxd5 42.h3 Bf6 43.g4 hxg4 44.hxg4 g5 45.f5 Kd6 46.Ne6 Be7 47.Kd4 Bf6+ 48.Kd3 Be7 49.Nd4 Bf6 50.a3 Kc5 51.Ne6+ Kb5 52.Nf8 Be7 53.Nh7 Bxa3 54.Nxg5 Kb4 55.Ne6 Kxb3 56.f6 a4 57.g5 Bf8 58.g6 a3 59.Nd4+ Kb2 60.Nc2 1-0
The Geneva Grand Prix 2017
July 15, 2017
Round Nine
A kibitzer in the chat-room sportscasting the top game:
Ladies and Gentlemen! We are now following Nepo-Radja, and OMG can you believe it? Nepo sac’ed a knight for 2 central pawns and pawn advances are flooding in the position now. But keep your pants on, it’s not beach time yet. Radja sets up a blockade, ruining it for everyone..Move aside, trump, we’re having our own climate change on these 64 squares.
A draw in that game ensured that Radjabov would win the tournament and Nepo would share second.
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Svidler interviewed by Goran Urosevic
Goran, born in Serbia in 1978, is the vice president and chief editor of the chessdom web site. I had not seen him before this tournament and mistook him for Peter Doggers. He has an FIDE rating of 2267 and is a chess journalist, organizer and arbiter.
Peter – I spoke to Maxim (Matlakov) yesterday on Skype and asked if he could help me and I asked if he could play instead of me and he said no, that isn’t go and work. Then he said look at my game against Shimanov in Minsk, which he didn’t win but was very interesting. Playing it, I got ahead in time, which was an advantage for me. I don’t know what I would have done without that Skype conversation. I haven’t played so badly in a while, I was lost or worse against Shakh and Li Chao. I should have finished with a serious minus. Playing so many games this year at my age is not such a great idea.
Goran - You said you are receiving more invitations this year than others.
Peter -There are more, I don’t know why. In the Sinquefield Cup last year, the invitation came so late that I was jet-lagged out of my mind coming from Biel. I played like a zombie. I am grateful to the Sinquefield organizers for a return invitation.
Goran - Teimour talked about his time management the other day and how he is improving on it. How is it for you?
Peter - I almost never manage my time well. I normally spend half an hour on the first ten moves even if I know the opening. Today I was way ahead. Time management is a huge part of the modern game. You have to create a system where you are not in time trouble in every game.
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The Matlakov-Shimanov game was in the European Individual Chess Championship (2017) at Minsk – Round 8 and can be found at:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1877580
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Round Nine Results
1. Nepomniachtchi-Radjabov 0.5-0.5
2. Giri-Grischuk 0.5-0.5
3. Mamedyarov-Li Chao 0.5-0.5
4. Riazantsev-Adams 0.5-0.5
5. Harikrishna-Jakovenko 0.5-0.5
6. Inarkiev-Gelfand 0.5-0.5
7. Svidler-Hou Yifan 1-0
8. Eljanov-Rapport 0.5-0.5
9. Aronian-Salem 1-0
Standings after Round Nine
1 Radjabov 6.0
2-3 Grischuk, Nepo 5.5
4-10 Mamedyarov, Giri, Svidler, Harikrishna, Adams, Chao, Riazantsev 5.0
11-14 Aronian, Eljanov, Gelfand, Jakovenko 4.5
15 Inarkiev 4.0
16-17 Rapport, Yifan 2.5
18 Salem 2.0
Games from Round Nine
Round 9, July 15, 2017
Nepomniachtchi, Ian – Radjabov, Teimour
C50 Giuoco Piano
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 a6 7.a4 O-O 8.h3 h6 9.Re1 Ba7 10.Nbd2 Ne7 11.d4 Ng6 12.Bf1 Re8 13.Qc2 Nh7 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Nc4 Qf6 16.Ne3 Ne7 17.Ng4 Bxg4 18.hxg4 Ng6 19.Bc4 Rad8 20.a5 Nf4 21.Nh2 Rd7 22.Be3 Bxe3 23.fxe3 Ne6 24.Rf1 Qe7 25.b4 Nhg5 26.Nf3 Nxf3+ 27.gxf3 Qg5 28.Rae1 Red8 29.Qh2 Rd2 30.Re2 Rd1 31.Bd5 Rxf1+ 32.Kxf1 c6 33.Bxe6 Rd1+ 34.Kf2 fxe6 35.Qh5 Qxh5 36.gxh5 Kf7 37.Rb2 Rc1 38.Rd2 Ke7 39.Rd3 Rh1 40.Kg2 Rxh5 41.c4 Rg5+ 42.Kh2 Rh5+ 43.Kg2 Rg5+ 44.Kh2 h5 45.b5 h4 46.Kh3 Rg3+ 47.Kxh4 Rxf3 48.bxa6 bxa6 49.c5 Rf1 50.Rd6 Ra1 51.Rxc6 Rxa5 52.Kg5 Kd7 53.Rd6+ Ke7 54.Rc6 Kd7 55.Rd6+ Ke7 56.Rc6 1/2-1/2
Round 9, July 15, 2017
Giri, Anish – Grischuk, Alexander
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bf5 5.c4 e6 6.Qb3 Qb6 7.d3 Nbd7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Qc2 Qc5 10.Qa4 Qb4 11.Qd1 Be7 12.a3 Qb6 13.Nc3 Bg4 14.b4 O-O 15.Be3 Qd8 16.Nd4 Re8 17.h3 Bh5 18.g4 Bg6 19.Qd2 a5 20.Rab1 axb4 21.axb4 h6 22.f4 Bd6 23.f5 Bh7 24.Bf4 Ne5 25.Kh1 Qe7 26.Nc2 Kh8 27.b5 Rad8 28.bxc6 bxc6 29.Qe1 d4 30.Nxd4 Nxd3 31.exd3 Qxe1 32.Rbxe1 Rxe1 33.Rxe1 Bxf4 34.Nce2 c5 35.Nxf4 Rxd4 36.Rf1 Bg8 37.Kh2 Kh7 38.Rf3 Nd7 39.Kg3 Ne5 40.Re3 f6 41.Be4 Bf7 42.h4 Kg8 43.Re1 c4 44.dxc4 1/2-1/2
Round 9, July 15, 2017
Svidler, Peter – Yifan, Hou
D35 QGD, Exchange variation
1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Rb1 Be7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Bc4 Nc6 10.O-O b6 11.d5 Na5 12.Bd3 c4 13.Bc2 exd5 14.exd5 Bb7 15.Re1 Bf6 16.d6 Re8 17.Rxe8+ Qxe8 18.Bf4 Rd8 19.Bf5 g6 20.d7 Qf8 21.Bh3 Be4 22.Rc1 Qc5 23.Qe2 Bf5 24.Rd1 Bxh3 25.gxh3 Kg7 26.Rd6 Bxc3 27.Ng5 Qf5 28.Qe7 h6 29.Ne6+ Kh7 30.Nxd8 Qxf4 31.Nxf7 1-0
Round 9, July 15, 2017
Aronian, Levon – Salem, Saleh
E97 King’s Indian, Orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov variation
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Bd2 Nd7 10.Rc1 h6 11.Ne1 f5 12.Nd3 fxe4 13.Nxe4 Nf5 14.f3 Nf6 15.Ndf2 Nd4 16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.Bd3 Bf5 18.Ne4 Qe7 19.Be3 Rae8 20.Qd2 Rf7 21.Rce1 Qf8 22.Bxd4 exd4 23.Ng3 Rxe1 24.Rxe1 Bxd3 25.Qxd3 Re7 26.Rxe7 Qxe7 27.Ne2 c6 28.dxc6 bxc6 29.b3 Kf7 30.g3 Qe3+ 31.Qxe3 dxe3 32.Nf4 h5 33.Kf1 Bh6 34.Nd3 Ke6 35.Nb4 Kd7 36.Ke2 a5 37.Nc2 Ke6 38.Nd4+ Kd7 39.f4 Bg7 40.Kxe3 d5 41.cxd5 cxd5 42.h3 Bf6 43.g4 hxg4 44.hxg4 g5 45.f5 Kd6 46.Ne6 Be7 47.Kd4 Bf6+ 48.Kd3 Be7 49.Nd4 Bf6 50.a3 Kc5 51.Ne6+ Kb5 52.Nf8 Be7 53.Nh7 Bxa3 54.Nxg5 Kb4 55.Ne6 Kxb3 56.f6 a4 57.g5 Bf8 58.g6 a3 59.Nd4+ Kb2 60.Nc2 1-0
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